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How Do I ... ? Troubleshooting Unit Definitions AutoNAME RUL Files

Here are some answers to common questions about how to achieve specific actions or effects in AutoREALM.

How do I...

General

Create graph paper?

Do I adjust the number squares per inch?

Draw freehand with a thick "pencil"?

Make a double-line?

Know what changes I've made to a file?

Export a metafile or bitmap for use in another program?

Import bitmaps or metafiles into AutoREALM?

Fills

Create a filled object?

Create a filled object with one edge fractal and the other edge straight?

Create two objects on top of each other?

Shortcuts

Use snap features while adding objects?

Make perfect circles, squares, and regular polygons?

Map Features

Make arrow slits or windows in castles?

Make water ripples around a coastline?

Make horizontal and vertical doors?

Make double doors?

Make doors that "break" wall lines instead of letting them show through?

Selection

Copy the color or linestyle from one object to another?

Prevent changes to objects after I add them?

Remove the select rectangle?

Rosette

Create a rosette with user-defined points as the vertices?

Make a five-pointed star?

Overlays

Rename an overlay?

Sort objects into the correct overlays?

Special

Create a line with more than one line style?

Individually place letters in curved text?

Fill the inside of icons with a different color?

Use a strange font in my map on a different machine?

Adjust fine detail of a fractal line?

Make a 90°, 180°, or 270° arc?